Heun equation, Teukolsky equation, and type-D metrics
Abstract
Starting with the whole class of type-D vacuum backgrounds with cosmological constant we show that the separated Teukolsky equation for zero rest-mass fields with spin s= 2 (gravitational waves), s= 1 (electromagnetic waves) and s= 1/2 (neutrinos) is an Heun equation in disguise.
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